Balazs HARMAN as VALEO Group ASPICE Manager is responsible for the corporate ASPICE assessment strategy and leads VALEO´s team of ASPICE assessors. He is Automotive SPICE principle assessor and also member of VDA Working Group 13, the authors of ASPICE.

He has 18+ years’ experience in the automotive industry, working for ThyssenKrupp PRESTA (steering systems) and BOSCH (automotive electronics and powertrain) before joining VALEO 3 years ago.

Master's degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology

Automotive SPICE Competent Assessor

Software Assessment Team Leader of FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., LTD

100+ software audit experiences

More than 15 years of experience in software quality and function management

Experience in domain controller hardware quality management and connectivity project management

Since nearly 30 years, Bernhard Sechser has been designing and improving livable processes with his colleagues, customers, and partners that add real value and do more than just help to meeting standards.

In working groups and committees on the topics of Automotive SPICE®, Functional Safety and Cybersecurity, he develops solutions together with other experts to make the world of tomorrow a bit more comprehensible.

Whether in seminars or coaching, he tries to give his participants practical answers to all their questions. And where that is not possible, he researches other options.

As longtime member of the intacs® Advisory Board and head of the working group Internationalization he supports the international SPICE community by organizing regular information exchange meetings with the Regional Representatives.

Bin Zhao is the General Manager of Industrial Services and Cybersecurity at TÜV Rheinland Group Greater China. With over 20 years of experience at TÜV Rheinland, he is a Principal ASPICE Assessor (including Cybersecurity and Machine Learning) and a senior expert in Functional Safety (ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO PAS 8800) and Cybersecurity (ISO 21434). He leads training, audits, and assessments for multinational and domestic enterprises, with extensive involvement in autonomous driving, SOTIF, ASPICE, and cybersecurity evaluations. He is a member of the China Functional Safety Standard Committee and serves as a visiting professor at Liaoning University and East China University of Science and Technology. 

Chad Kymal is the CTO and founder of Omnex Inc., an international consulting, training, and software organization headquartered in the United States.

Chad is a member of ISO TC 176, TC 207, Functional Safety and AS 9115 for Software Quality. He is a Principal Assessor and a trainer for intacs® certified ASPICE courses.

He has published numerous papers and six books about Management Standards and Quality.He has conducted hundreds of audits in many different sectors from Aerospace to Steel to Distributors to Electronics and Semiconductors in North America, Asia, and Europe in the last 20 years.

Chad assesses and works in automotive systems, hardware, and software for Agile, ASPICE, Cybersecurity and Functional Safety ISO 26262.

He is on the writing committee of ISO 26262 3rd edition as a US representative on Part 6 and Chair of NASPICE.

Mr. Chen Jianhua, as head of GQ in CARIAD China, is leading holistic innovation of Software Quality Management following "In China for China" strategy

Career track for Mr. Chen Jianhua:

• 30+ years in Automotive industry, expertise domain covering manufacturing, supplier management, quality management, etc. 

• 20+ years in VW Group Quality department, leading organizations across countries and regions

Education: Master in Computer Science with a minor in Economics

PhD in Software Engineering

Background: 10 years’ Consultancy mainly in the Automotive Domain

*   Leading SPI Programs at OEMs & Suppliers

Current Position: Senior Expert at Schaeffler AG (15+ years at Schaeffler)

*   Leading CMMI EPG at Schaeffler Engine Systems

*   SW Quality Management and Processes Governance

*   Coordination of all internal Assessments worldwide

*   Global lead for SW Supplier Potential Analysis & Assessments

AutomotiveSPICE: *   Bootstrap Assessor since 1998, SPICE Assessor since 2001

     AutomotiveSPICE Principal Assessor since 2010

*   Former Trainer to become Provisional SPICE Assessor

     (trained ~200 people)

*   Member of VDA WG/PG13 since 2012, Deputy of VDA WG13

     since 2020

Others: *   Speaker/Workshop Moderator of many International Conferences

     on SW Engineering and Quality, including the VDA Automotive

     SYS Conferences Germany and China

*    Functional Safety Professional (FSP), certified since 2012

Robin is a Senior Consultant at Vector Consulting Services, specialized in Functional Safety, ASPICE, and Cybersecurity. He has extensive experience in AI tool development, model-based engineering, and automotive system integration. Robin led NOP safety certification, supported ASPICE and FuSa assessments for major OEMs and Tier 1s, and delivered ASPICE Level 2 compliance solutions. His engineering expertise covers ADAS fault injection testing, AUTOSAR-ROS safety integration, ISO 8800 training, fuzz testing, and CVE-based vulnerability scanning. He also designed AI agents (ARCHMind, FUSAMind) for architecture generation and HARA analysis. Robin holds a Master’s in Automotive Electronics from Tongji University and certifications including FSCP (TÜV SÜD), intacs™ Provisional Assessor, CPRE (IREB), and AWS Cloud Practitioner

Cyber security expert of KPMG China, with 20 years of experience in Information Security and IT consulting. 

Frank has participated in the research of national cyber policies and standards, especially in the fields of Cybersecurity compliance, ISO27001, NIST, GDPR, TISAX/VCSA, CSMS/ISO21434, etc., helping enterprises to well understand and realize specific regulatory requirements. \

Frank is responsible for the TISAX audit and “Enterprise going global compliance” consulting services of KPMG China, including information security governance and planning for automotive clients.

Software quality expert in Huawei, head of Quality Engineering Capability in IAS BU of Huawei, member of Huawei Expert Committee, head of Huawei FSAC (Functional Safety Assessment Center), vice-president of Huawei FMEA Association, member of VDA QMC SWQ Advisory Board China. Over 15 years working experience in scope of automotive software development, development management and software quality management in Nuremberg R&D Center of Siemens AG, Munich R&D Center in BMW AG, Volkswagen Group China.

Hengyu Wang is Manager, Engineering Excellence China PDS at BorgWarner

Huan WANG as Valeo Global Technical Center China R&D quality manager for System, Software and HW quality team management, process improvement and quality control. She is Automotive SPICE competence assessor and member of VDA SWQ AB China.

Jan studied electronic engineering and Physics. He finished his education with a PhD in Physics.

After that he started working as software engineer and project leader for embedded development.

Within the last 20 years he worked as freelancer in different roles for embedded automotive and non-automotive development.

Since 2007 he is responsible for the VDA QMC activities on Automotive SPICE.

He is member of several standardization working groups such as VDA QMC PG13 or ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7.

Since 2021 Jan is head of the VDA QMC certification office for Automotive SPICE.

Since more than 25 years, Jerry Mei has been worked in different industrial covers semiconductor, LCD display and automotive electronics industrial. Professional experience covers reliability engineering, hardware development, operation management and quality management. Act as a product technical and process expert, close working with global and domestic OEMs, promote and lead internal ASPICE process improvement since 2023.

Mr. Gong Chengyu is currently employed at SMPV, Quality Assurance Department, Quality Management Section. His main responsibilities include the construction and maintenance of mandatory national standards and overseas regulatory compliance frameworks, as well as ensuring the healthy operation of various systems.

Jian Peng joined Pony.ai in 2017, initially serving as the Head of Hardware R&D. He led several hardware development projects and hardware operations for the autonomous driving fleet, and presided over the hardware development and operational cooperation for several collaborative projects between Pony.ai and GAC Group. Since 2020, Jian Peng has transitioned to become Supply Chain VP, taking full responsibility for the company's procurement, contract manufacturing, and quality management.

- Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Technical University of Darmstadt - 50+ supplier assessments - Meanwhile since 2019 Volkswagen AG - Intacs™ Principal assessor

Director of Engineering Excellence, FORVIA HELLA China

Responsible for Product Safety Management, Engineering Excellence, Advanced R&D, and Test Bench Operations at FORVIA HELLA China.

VDA QMC Software Quality Advisory Board China  - Member

Expert Committee Member, China Automotive Functional Safety Standardization Promotion Center (CAFUSA), National Technical Standard Innovation Base of Automobile

15+ years of experience in the automotive industry, focusing on R&D quality management and process improvement for global supplier chain

Automotive SPICE® Principal Assessor (extended with cybersecurity, agile, machine learning, potential analysis)

VW qualified SQIL(SW-Quality Improvement Leader)

UL Certified Cybersecurity Professional (ISO/SAE 21434:2021)

UL Certified Autonomy Safety Professional (ISO 21448:2022)

UL Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (ISO/PAS 8800:2024) 

15+ 年国际汽车供应链研发质量管理和流程改善经验

Be responsible of Customer project quality and senior software quality expert of Horizon, with master degree and have 13 years of working experience, worked in global tier-1 and OEM for 10+ years,be professional on driver-assistance system, vehicle E/E software development , project management, and supplier quality management.

Holding qualifications as ASPICE Competent Assessor, Functional Safety Professional, ISO20000 Leader Auditor, and VDA 6.3 Internal Auditor.

Kiki Zhao serves as a certified TISAX Leader Auditor in KPMG's Cybersecurity team. With extensive experience in TISAX training, consulting, and auditing, she possesses deep expertise in OEM supplier information security risk management policies. She has consistently delivered cross-border advisory services, helping clients achieve robust information security compliance and risk mitigation

R&D Director of Great Wall Motor, ASPICE Provisional Assessor, focusing on the research, development, and management of new energy vehicle control software, with over 15 years of experience in automotive control software development and architecture design, I spearheaded the establishment of Great Wall Motor's full lifecycle software development and software quality management system. I also led the construction of Great Wall Motor's vehicle control software architecture platform, enabling the development and production application of electronic control system software products such as vehicle controllers, power domain controllers, and body domain controllers. This has effectively supported the rapid implementation and application of Great Wall Motor's intelligent hybrid architectures such as Hi4, Hi4-Z, and Hi4-T.

Current Director of the E-Drive Product Line and Software Development Department at Enpower. With over 13 years of experience in product development and team management for E-drive systems, he has extensive hands-on expertise in hardware, software, and system product development, and is also a seasoned functional safety expert. He will leverage his multi-dimensional experience from an engineer to a manager to share insights on transforming high-standard process requirements into practical advantages in complex product development.

Mr. Lin ZHANG studied at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, majoring in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree in 2009, he went to the UK to study Sustainable Energy at the University of Southampton, majoring in fuel cell, and received the master’s degree in 2011. 

He joined in Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in January 2012 and worked in the Joint Venture Affairs and Government Relations Department, engaged in research on industrial policies of the automotive industry. 

In March 2012, he was seconded to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) as the Head of the International Cooperation Department, responsible for the communication and cooperation between CAAM and foreign enterprises, industry institutions, and international organizations. In September 2013, He was appointed as the Secretary and Assistant to Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of CAAM. 

In August 2014, Mr. Lin ZHANG joined in the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) as the manager, responsible for setting up the VDA China Office. 

In June 2017, he was appointed as the Manager of VDA China. 

In May 2019, he was appointed as the Director of VDA China. 

In December 2020, Mr. Lin ZHANG was appointed as the Vice President of VDA China. 

In December 2023, Mr. Lin ZHANG was appointed as the Chief Representative and General Manager of VDA China. 

During his tenure at VDA China, he actively promoted the establishment of cooperation mechanisms between the Chinese and German governments and industries in various areas such as energy conservation and emission reduction, new energy vehicles, intelligent connected vehicles, as well as regulation and standardization. He also established strategic partnerships, committees and workgroups with Chinese industry organizations, institutions to protect the interests of VDA member companies in China. 

Mr. Mann Yee, Ooi is part of Continental’s Global Central Function: Supplier Quality Management for Software category and is responsible for evaluating and qualifying software suppliers in Asia in accordance with Automotive SPICE.  
He is also recognized as Senior Expert for Supplier Quality in 3rd Party Software, responsible to provide consultancy and needed support in case of 3rd Party Software handling within Continental Automotive. 

He is now Automotive SPICE Principal Assessor and performing Automotive SPICE assessments and enabling software suppliers to improve their development process aligned with Automotive Quality.

Graduated from Nanyang Technological University majored in Computer. The Master Research area is about computer vision. Having been working in NIO, TUV SUD, Continental Automotive Singapore, Nanyang Technological University. Rich experience in Functional Safety, Cybersecurity Security, ASPICE and Software development. Currently working in UMovcom as technical expert. Intacs Certified ASPICE Principal Assessor, Member of intacs Working Group Functional safety. 

Peter Bovenzi is the Global Chief of Engineering Excellence at PowerDrive Systems, BorgWarner 

► Education

• BSEE – University of Dayton

• MSEE – Purdue University – GM Fellowship recipient

► Experience

• 40-year automotive engineering career including GM, Delphi, Delphi Technologies, and BorgWarner PowerDrive Systems

• Worked in eight different technical centers in the US and Mexico

• Positions held include Adv. Mfg. Engineer, Product Engineer, Platform Release Engineer, System Engineer, Lead System Engineer, Launch Manager, Staff Product Engineer, Staff Mfg. Engineer, Adv. Mfg. Chief Engineer, Global Chief Mfg. Engineer, Senior Technologist

Peter was working in the TIC (Testing, Inspection, Certification) industry sector for more than 18 years (TÜV SÜD / TÜV Rheinland / DEKRA), with 15 years with Functional Safety (Industrial & Automotive), 7 years with AutomotiveSPICE and 3 years with Cybersecurity projects experiences. His clients including major global players (e.g VW / Robert Bosch) as well as local leading OEMs (e.g. SAIC Motor, GAC, GWM  etc.)

Competency & Qualification highlights

Functional Safety

• Automotive Functional Safety Professional (FSP for ISO 26262 )

• General Functional Safety Professional (FSP for IEC 61508 )

AutomotiveSPICE

• Competent Assessor for AutomotiveSPICE

• Qualified SQIL (Software Quality Improvement Leader) by Volkswagen AG

• Assessor for AutomotiveSPICE for Cybersecurity

• Assessor for AutomotiveSPICE for AI

Cybersecurity

• Automotive Cybersecurity Engineer for ISO/SAE 21434

• Qualified Automotive Cybersecurity Instructor / Trainer - for VDA QMC A-CSMS

• Qualified Automotive Cybersecurity Instructor / Trainer - for ISO/SAE 21434

• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional / by (ISC)²

• CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional / by (ISC)²

'- ASPICE Competent Assessor

- With extensive experience in software quality management, specializing in R&D quality assurance for automotive components and parts. Possesses hands-on expertise across the entire process from design verification to mass production implementation, along with rich experience of process development. She leads team members to achieve ASPICE certification from L1 to L3 successfully, and is dedicated to the practical and effective implementation of ASPICE in project execution.

Ralf Merettig holds a Master of Science in IT Systems Engineering from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam and has worked in the automotive industry for 15 years in various roles in quality management and quality assurance. More than 10 of these years were spent at Volkswagen and in the Group's quality assurance software, including more than 6 years in the ASPICE environment in supplier support. Until last month, he was the VW representative in AK 13 of the VAD QMC.

Sophie Girschewski is Senior Manager of Software and Electrics Commissioning at Beijing Benz Automotive Company (BBAC) R&D. She drives the rollout of the Mercedes-Benz Operating System (MB.OS) to the production plants in China, overseeing production toolchain adjustments, IT integrations, process changes, communication and trainings.

As part of the rollout of MB.OS to China she also initiated and led the first successful proof-of-concept for over-the-air vehicle updates with Wifi. She also acts as Car IT security officer overseeing IT security compliance, manages E/E commissioning across all vehicle models during prototyping and high-volume production and ensures commissioning software maturity.

Stefan Glissnik曾就读于德国埃尔兰根-纽伦堡弗里德里希-亚历山大大学，主修工业工程，后于2012年加入博世。

在博世工作的最初几年，他曾在斯图加特和比尔担任各类采购职务，职责范围不断扩大，涵盖汽车电子、变速箱控制单元以及电驱动系统。2017年，在担任博世罗马尼亚克卢日汽车工厂质量总监之前，曾被任命为罗伊特林根汽车电子事业部的执行管理层首席助理。2022年起，担任博世移动出行业务版块的客户及软件质量负责人。在该岗位上，他还代表公司参与德国汽车工业协会质量管理中心 (VDA QMC SQMK)的质量战略委员会。

Thorge Mess is an associated partner of P3 Group in Germany. For more than 15 years he is consulting various customers on behalf of P3. He is an expert for ASPICE and System Engineering. Next to that he oversees projects about management systems, legal compliance, cross-department team steering and general management consulting. Within the last years Thorge Mess was a supporting expert for various international projects by P3 in China focusing on software defined vehicles and enabling fast development of automotive software systems.

Dr. Henninger Thorsten holds a Ph.D. in Physics. He has worked at the Volkswagen Group for 13 years, taking up various quality-related leadership positions in companies including Volkswagen AG, SAIC VW, and CARIAD. Now he is Head of VCTC Quality Assurance department.

TongLingsheng：

Senior Certification Engineer of China Quality Certification Center (CQC), Doctor of Vehicle Engineering, Senior Engineer

He currently serves as Director of the Innovation and Development Department, Product Certification Division III (CQC), member of the Expert Steering Committee for the Promotion and Application of Methanol-Fueled Vehicles (under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, MIIT), expert in corrosion resistance test and evaluation of passenger vehicles at the China Consumer Council (CCC), Deputy Secretary-General of the Standards Working Committee of the China Society of Automotive Engineers (CSAE), and expert for WTO/TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) Notification Review.

His main responsibilities include providing technical services for quality certification of automotive products, corporate training, R&D of research projects, formulation and revision of standards, implementation rules and detailed regulations, implementation of standards for information security and software upgrades, evaluation of intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs), and energy efficiency classification evaluation of new energy vehicles (NEVs). He has long been engaged in technical services such as quality certification, conformity assessment, factory audits and related corporate training. In addition, he is in charge of formulating implementation rules and managing certification for the China Automotive Vehicle Alliance (CAV) certification of GB44495 and GB44496.

Ms. Qi Wang has over 17 years of experience in automotive quality management, having held several key positions at Volkswagen Group in both China and Germany. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership and adaptability in various market environments, successfully advancing and implementing numerous strategic projects. She is currently based at the Volkswagen Group's headquarters in Germany and is responsible for quality software cyber security.

At the same time, as the Chairman of the Software Quality Advisory Board at VDA QMC China, Ms. Qi Wang has enhanced the industry's software quality standards and overall technical levels by establishing key partnerships and promoting best practices.

She has made significant contributions in the field of automotive software quality management, being responsible for or participating in dozens of cross-regional and organizational projects. These projects have covered areas such as software quality, cybersecurity, smart connectivity, and autonomous driving systems.

20 years automotive work experience in international companies.

10+ years project management and Quality assurance work experience.

Current role – Director, Engineering Excellence@ Harman International (Car Audio BU)

Principal Assessor Automotive SPICE 4.0, CS extension

PMP Certified

Mr. Xu Yue is part of AUMOVIO’s Global Central Function: Supplier Quality Management for Software category and is responsible for evaluating and qualifying software suppliers in Asia in accordance with Automotive SPICE. 

He is now Automotive SPICE Competent Assessor and has been actively performing Automotive SPICE assessments and enabling software suppliers to improve their development process aligned with Automotive Quality.

serving as software quality senior manager at ZEEKR Quality Center, responsible for software QMS construction and software quality management. Successfully led the establishment of software QMS and process improvement for a certain ICT enterprise, traditional and new EV OEM. With years of process capability assessment experience in self-developed and supplier software, implementation Experience in Agile Development Projects from Zero to One, and IPD process transformation implementation experience.

Since 2022, I have been responsible for software development processes and quality management and improvement at Shenzhen Zhuoyu Technology. Holding qualifications as an ASPICE Provisional Assessor and SAFe Practice Consultant, I continuously explore the deep integration of software quality practices with large-scale agile methodologies, providing strong support for the high-quality development of intelligent driving R&D operations.

Currently, my focus lies in software quality management and safety assurance within emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, end-to-end NN model development, and LLMs. I aim to embed quality control into every phase of data-driven intelligent vehicle software development, exploring new pathways for quality enhancement in the era of intelligence.

Yasar Isik is a Principal Software Assessor in the Software Quality department at Volkswagen AG, holding a Master’s degree in Computer Science. He conducts global supplier assessments, manages multiple suppliers, and develops targeted risk mitigation strategies - particularly in technical implementation. With a background in software development and project leadership at Robert Bosch GmbH and Volkswagen AG, he combines deep technical knowledge with strategic consulting expertise.

Graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology, Master's degree. 

After graduation, joined SAIC Volkswagen as a supplier auditor, responsible for Formel Q audits and promotions. 

Later, joined NIO, established NIO NPQS supplier partners audit related processes, develop audit and empowerment tools. 

In 2022, joined VDA QMC China as a senior quality manager, responsible for training, coaching, certification, and auditing related to VDA standards., is a VDA QMC certified third-party process auditor / examiner, Automotive SPICE Provisional Assessor, and also VDA QMC SWQ AB China Coordinator and intacs Asia Regional Representative. 

After high school, Yiqun went to Japan in 1996. He studied system science at OSAKA university Japan and obtained doctoral degree of Engineering. He started his professional career in Toyota Daihatsu motor, where he was responsible for various L1/L2 ADAS systems development including PCS, LDWS, FSRA, Smart Braking system and so on. Then he worked in Business Cube & Partners as director, took charge of China market development and providing ASPICE & ISO26262 based consulting and assessment services. He has more than 200 Assessment Experience, His consulting experience covered various Automotive E/E systems including Powertrain, Chassis, Body, Infotainment, Navigation service, New energy, Autonomous driving system and so on. He is the highest grade intacs certified Automotive SPICE Principal Assessor and Instructor (Competent Level), trained more than 550 SPICE Assessors in Japan and China.   

Schaeffler Greater China, QM Mechatronic & Software

VDA QMC China Software Quality Advisory Board Member

VW SQIL

intacs® Principal Assessor

ISAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture

Ms. Zhao Chenyuan is from the Central Quality Department of UAES, she is responsible for software quality assessment, ISO26262 internal audit and ISO21434 internal audit. With 8 years of experience in the development of electronic control units for the automotive industry and 5 years in software quality auditing, she serves as an ASPICE competent assessor.

Graduated from Jilin University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Automation

15+ project management and process improvement work experience in MNC

intacs® Certified Automotive SPICE® Competent assessor

Over 20 years of experience in ICT management system standard auditing and ICT-related course training; Over 10 years of experience in government-related informatization work and 5 years of experience in the construction and operation and maintenance of cybersecurity infrastructure for e-government and e-commerce platforms. Three years of working experience in government cybersecurity media; With 6 years of experience in automotive cybersecurity, I am an expert in ISO21434 automotive cybersecurity engineering audits.

Since 2015, we have been paying attention to the characteristics of industry cybersecurity and the specific technologies and methods of industry cybersecurity, and have achieved certain results in the field of automotive cybersecurity. At the same time, we have been focusing on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence compliance in the medical device field. We introduced and published the "ISO/SAE Road Vehicle Cybersecurity Engineering Implementation Guide", and led the team to provide UNR155 CSMS and UNR156 SUMS consulting services for more than five OEM enterprises. We successfully obtained the certification of overseas transportation departments and vehicle type approval (VTA).

Passed the ISO42001 PECB Leader Auditor and EXIN AI ACT expert course examinations.